Armholes—Continuing pat. bind off 4 sts at beg. of next 2 rows for underarm. Dec. 1 st each side every row 4 times; every 2nd row 6 (8-10) times; 124 (128-136) sts. Work even until 3½ ins., straight up from underarm, end on wrong side.

Next row—P 19 sts, place on holder for front band, p to end. Dec. 1 st at neck edge every row 4 times; every 2nd row 6 times, shaping shoulder as on back when armhole is same length.
Mark position of 6 buttons on left front edge, having first button ¾ in. from lower edge, 2nd button 4 rows below top of ribbing. Mark other 4 buttons evenly spaced with 6th button 2½ ins. below neck edge. 7th button will be on neck­band.

NECK RIBBING—With size 2 needles, take up and k 19 sts of right side of neck, pick up and k 23 (25-27) sts to shoulder seam, take up and k 34 sts of back, pick up and k 23 (25-27) sts of left edge, take up and k 19 sts; 118 (122-126) sts. Row 1—P 16, k 2, * p 2, k 2; repeat from * to within 16 sts of end, p 16.Row 2—K 16, p 2, * k 2, p 2; repeat from * to within 16 sts of end, k 16.
Repeat last 2 rows once; repeat row 1 again. Work button­holes as before on next 2 rows. Work 4 more rows ribbing. Bind off in ribbing.

FINISHING—Steam. Sew seams. Sew in sleeves with seam at center underarm. Turn back 8 sts at each front edge for facing of band and sew on wrong side.

Weave band and facing edges tog. at top and bottom. Finish buttonholes. Steam seams.